Opiate Abuse May Be Up, but Overdose Deaths Are Flat

Published March 9, 2014

Opiate abuse may be up, but overdose deaths are flat
The nine-page March 1 Health Department report to the Legislature comes amid Shumlin's call for better opiate treatment. State officials say the number of people seeking treatment for opiate addiction is rising and the state is pouring more resources …
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UN anti-narcotics panel urges greater stock in prevention, treatment of drug abuse
According to its findings, only one in six drug users receive the treatment he or she needs at a cost of $ 35 billion per year, and most commonly, to fight addictions to heroin, cannabis or cocaine. Increasingly, prescription drug abuse – often legally …
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Society is still out of touch with the reality of addiction
And not just the down-and-out addicts who were once the stereotype for what some considered to be "serious" addiction, as opposed to what, one presumes, were considered less serious forms, like addiction to alcohol or cocaine. Addiction pecking order …
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